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Jack Adelstein died Dec. 27 at 84. Survived by wife Natalie; daughter Cheryl; sons Martin, Gary; 7 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brother Harvey. Hillside

Juliana Aslan died Dec. 15 at 90. Survived by sister Evelyn. Hillside

Judith Atlas died Dec. 8 at 83. Survived by husband Mitchell; daughters Karla, Kathy, Karen. Hillside

Mony Bonavida died Oct. 9 at 71. Survived by wife Kristin; daughter Amanda; sons Victor, Ethan, Zachary; sisters Ermine, Esther, Leonie; brothers Benjamin, Nisso. Chevra Kadisha

Naomi Jean Bowman died Dec. 17 at 100. Survived by daughter Susan Schway (Barry); son Ron; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren.

Beatrice Breslow died Dec. 23 at 85. Survived by daughters Susan, Karen; son Charles; 5 grandchildren. Hillside

Hermine Cantos died Dec. 8 at 83. Survived by daughter Shari (Mark) Manculich; son Steven (Holly); 4 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Judith Catz died Dec. 1 at 69. Survived by sisters Sarah, Dinah (Rob). Hillside

Marc Churgel died Dec. 22 at 80. Survived by daughter Marcy; son Michael (Shara Newman). Malinow and Silverman

Francine Cohen died Dec. 20 at 86. Survived by daughter Cynthia; son Steven (Melina); 3 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Morris Cohen died Nov. 29 at 93. Survived by daughter Rose; sons Elliott (Logan), Robert; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Shlomo Elkriaf died Nov. 9 at 62. Survived by wife Rachel; sons Eliran, Gal, Daniel; mother Pnina; father Yosef; sister Hefi Hagag; brothers Yoram, Yaniv. Chevra Kadisha

Margaret Epstein died Dec. 4 at 70. Survived by mother Lucille; sister Katherine; brother John (Sarah). Malinow and Silverman

Roselyn Feldman died Dec. 25 at 90. Survived by husband Burton “Burt”; daughter Sherry (Herb) Rettinger; 3 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Carole Freeman died Dec. 7 at 76. Survived by daughter Alisa. Malinow and Silverman 

Myron Funk died Dec. 21 at 84. Survived by sons Dennis, Loren; 12 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Lynne S. Gilberg died Jan. 1 at 79. Survived by daughter Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz; son Jay; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Melvin Glick died Dec. 11 at 82. Survived by daughter Robin (Mitch) King; son Adam (Stacy); 3 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Henry Harris died Dec. 2 at 74. Survived by sons Kerry, Edward. Malinow and Silverman

Randall Harvey died Dec. 7 at 69. Survived by brothers Larry, Brian. Malinow and Silverman

Samuel Haveson died Dec. 12 at 92. Survived by wife Sandra; daughter Susan; sons Joseph, Steve; sister Nonie; brother Alvin. Hillside

Andrew Innes died Dec. 5 at 78. Survived by wife Barbara; daughter Lisa (Alex). Hillside

Michael Jacobs died Dec. 7 at 84. Hillside

Edward Lewis Jotkowitz died Jan. 3 at 74. Survived by daughters Amy (Mark) Scop, Wendy (Peter) Maher; sons Joseph (Marcy), Michael, Jon (Michelle) Alpert; 8 grandchildren; sister Janice (Emanuel) Perlman. Conejo Mountain Funeral Home

David Kamberg died Dec. 5 at 71. Survived by sister Linda; brother Larry. Hillside

Sanford Kaplan died Dec. 15 at 93. Survived by wife Rita; daughter Karen (Michael) Krahelski; sons Steve (Susan), Robert; 5 grandchildren; brother Robert. Malinow and Silverman

Jeffrey Klein died Jan. 2 at 56. Survived by wife Patti; daughters Katie Berry, Valerie, Maggie Reiker, Anna Scobie; sons; Patrick Edwards, Bradley; mother Fay Kerneen.

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Howard Korman died Dec. 16 at 78. Survived by wife Dale; daughter Diane Neumark. Malinow and Silverman

Heidi Kosberg died Dec. 28 at 61. Survived by sister Iris. Hillside

Irving Leemon died Dec. 12 at 83. Survived by son Jeffrey. Malinow and Silverman

Ronald Leiter died Dec. 2 at 75. Survived by wife Betty. Malinow and Silverman

Annette Melva Leve died Dec. 6 at 84. Survived by husband Alan; daughters Laura (Larry) Leve Cohen, Elise (Robert); 2 grandchildren; sister Janice (Stanley). Hillside

Jack Mandel died Dec. 24 at 84. Survived by wife Judith; sons Joshua (Michelle), David (Lisa), Jeremy (Victoria); sister Nancy Barnett. Malinow and Silverman

Dorin Mathis died Dec. 7 at 95. Survived by daughters Hannah (Steven), Renee (Michael), Tina; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Pouli Mollazadeh died Oct. 29 at 90. Survived by daughter Talla Akhounzadeh; 3 grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

Rae Ruth Moss died Dec. 3 at 87. Survived by husband George; daughter Karen (David); sons Richard (Bettina), Steven (Janet); 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Leslie Nathan died Dec. 7 at 90. Survived by daughter Lisa; son Robert (Cathy); 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Sylvia Oppenheim died Dec. 28 at 88. Survived by brother Manny. Malinow and Silverman

Sophia Poster died Dec. 5 at 101. Survived by daughter Maxine Leichter; 2 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Hollywood Forever Cemetery

 Nimtaj Nobandegani Rafailzadeh died Nov. 19 at 91. Survived by daughters Homa Sarshar, Mojgan Sasson; sons Homayoon, Bijan Raphael; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; brother Yousef Levy. Chevra Kadisha

Ruth Rosen died Dec. 27 at 87. Survived by husband Lawrence; sons David, Brant (Hallie), Ian; brother-in-law Martin; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Nathan Rosenblatt died Dec. 13 at 89. Survived by daughter Debra Kray. Malinow and Silverman

Sherman Rosenblum died Dec. 8 at 84. Survived by daughters Cheryl Honig, Sandra; son Greg; 2 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Murray Rucker died Dec. 9 at 95. Survived by wife Beverly; daughter Nicole; sons Clifford (Susan), Michael (Yurika), Jeffrey; 10 grandchildren; brother Jack. Hillside

Jonathan Sacks died Dec. 28 at 39. Survived by mother Irene (Irwin) Chapnick; father Jeffrey (Beverly); brother Elliot. Malinow and Silverman

Irving Schalman died Dec. 21 at 94. Survived by daughter Carla (Sandy); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Rosalyn Sher died Nov. 29 at 87. Survived by daughters Lisa (Scott) Miller; Mindy (David) Paskil; son Lawrence “Larry” (Elainne). Malinow and Silverman

Victoria Siegel died Dec. 25 at 92. Survived by daughter Bella (Andrew); son Robert. Hillside

Joyce Soronow died Dec. 6 at 86. Survived by daughter Karen; son Frank (Lisa); 3 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Robert Steinberg died Dec. 3 at 83. Survived by wife Elaine; daughters Jodie (Eric), Lisa (Kenny); son Keven (Melissa); 6 grandchildren; sister Joy (Mike); brothers Bruce (Pauline), Bill (Peter). Hillside

Blossom Trustman died Dec. 22 at 103. Survived by 3 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; sister Naomi. Mount Sinai

Jerold Venick died Dec. 22 at 89. Survived by wife Donna; sons Robert (Kristen), Lawrence, Jon (Jessica); 8 grandchildren. Hillside

Margit Wachtenheim died Nov. 28 at 93. Survived by daughter Beverly (Jack) Deutsch; 5 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

Doris Waldman died Dec. 9 at 92. Survived by husband Harold; daughters Sheryl, Linda, Marla. Hillside

Libby Wein died Dec. 12 at 86. Survived by daughter Michelle (Scott); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Jacob Weisman died Dec. 12 at 82. Survived by wife Judith; daughter Julie (Eric) Kramer; 2 grandchildren; sister Beverly Litke. Malinow and Silverman

Sidney Weiss died Dec. 24 at 87. Survived by cousin Donald. Hillside

Anna Wilman died Dec. 26 at 88. Survived by niece Rita; nephew Leo. Hillside

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